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Blue background with light blue pixelated text quoting Abraham Lincoln about justice, partially obscured by a gray rectangle.

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Blue background with light blue pixelated text quoting Abraham Lincoln about justice, partially obscured by a gray rectangle.

Blue background with light blue pixelated text quoting Abraham Lincoln about justice, partially obscured by a gray rectangle. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

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  • The
  • probability
  • to
  • deter
  • us
  • that
  • we
  • may
  • fail
  • in
  • struggle

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070827094459826817544
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/0c/0cdb03ab6381f175e8bffaf0e57ff027f0178ca8898710fd9c73d4dcfd4e964e.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0cdb03ab6381f175
SHA-256
0cdb03ab6381f175e8bffaf0e57ff027f0178ca8898710fd9c73d4dcfd4e964e
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20070827094459826817544
Archive entry
20070827094459826817544.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070827094459826817544.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070827094459826817544.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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